Nominations Announced: The 98th Oscars
Courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Cover photo by Al Seib / Courtesy of The Academy
The nominations for the 98th Oscars were announced live from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills by Oscar-nominated actor Danielle Brooks and actor Lewis Pullman.
Twenty-four categories will be awarded at the 98th Oscars. Each category has five nominees, except for Best Picture, which has 10. Active members of the Academy must view all nominated films to be eligible to vote.
The 98th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. Watch the Oscars on Sunday, 15 March at 4:00PM PT / 7:00PM ET / 12:00AM GMT (16 March).
And the nominees are…
BEST PICTURE
Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Timothée Chalamet - Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio - One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke - Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan - Sinners
Wagner Moura - The Secret Agent
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Benicio Del Toro - One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi - Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo - Sinners
Sean Penn - One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård - Sentimental Value
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Jessie Buckley - Hamnet
Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
Kate Hudson - Song Sung Blue
Renate Reinsve - Sentimental Value
Emma Stone - Bugonia
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Elle Fanning - Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan - Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku - Sinners
Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
CASTING
Hamnet - Nina Gold
Marty Supreme - Jennifer Venditti
One Battle After Another - Cassandra Kulukundis
The Secret Agent - Gabriel Domingues
Sinners - Francine Maisler
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Frankenstein - Dan Laustsen
Marty Supreme - Darius Khondji
One Battle After Another - Michael Bauman
Sinners - Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Train Dreams - Adolpho Veloso
COSTUME DESIGN
Avatar: Fire and Ash - Deborah L. Scott
Frankenstein - Kate Hawley
Hamnet - Malgosia Turzanska
Marty Supreme - Miyako Bellizzi
Sinners - Ruth E. Carter
DIRECTING
Chloé Zhao - Hamnet
Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme
Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another
Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler - Sinners
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
All the Empty Rooms
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
Children No More: Were and Are Gone
The Devil Is Busy
Perfectly a Strangeness
FILM EDITING
F1 - Stephen Mirrione
Marty Supreme - Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another - Andy Jurgensen
Sentimental Value - Olivier Bugge Coutté
Sinners - Michael P. Shawver
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
The Secret Agent (Brazil)
It Was Just an Accident (France)
Sentimental Value (Norway)
Sirāt (Spain)
The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Frankenstein - Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey
Kokuho - Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu
Sinners - Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry
The Smashing Machine - Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein
The Ugly Stepsister - Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Bugonia - Jerskin Fendrix
Frankenstein - Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet - Max Richter
One Battle After Another - Jonny Greenwood
Sinners - Ludwig Goransson
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
“Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless - Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters - Music and Lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon and Teddy Park
“I Lied to You” from Sinners - Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson
"Sweet Dreams of Joy" from Viva Verdi! - Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike
"Train Dreams" from Train Dreams - Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner, Lyric by Nick Cave
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Frankenstein - Production Design by Tamara Deverell, Set Decoration by Shane Vieau
Hamnet - Production Design by Fiona Crombie, Set Decoration by Alice Felton
Marty Supreme - Production Design by Jack Fisk, Set Decoration by Adam Willis
One Battle After Another - Production Design by Florencia Martin, Set Decoration by Anthony Carlino
Sinners - Production Design by Hannah Beachler, Set Decoration by Monique Champagne
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Butterfly
Forevergreen
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
Butcher's Stain
A Friend of Dorothy
Jane Austen's Period Drama
The Singers
Two People Exchanging Saliva
SOUND
F1 - Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta
Frankenstein - Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern
One Battle After Another - José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor
Sinners - Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker
Sirāt - Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas
VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: Fire and Ash - Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
F1 - Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson
Jurassic World Rebirth - David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould
The Lost Bus - Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin
Sinners - Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
Bugonia - Screenplay by Will Tracy
Frankenstein - Written for the Screen by Guillermo del Toro
Hamnet - Screenplay by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O'Farrell
One Battle After Another - Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
Train Dreams - Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Blue Moon - Written by Robert Kaplow
It Was Just an Accident - Written by Jafar Panahi, Script collaborators: Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian
Marty Supreme - Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
Sentimental Value - Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
Sinners - Written by Ryan Coogler
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